Monday, June 20, 2011

Hey there friends—how are you this Monday?! Did you all celebrate Father’s Day yesterday with your families? We spent the day at home chilling, got some MD Blue Crabs and grilled out on the patio with hubby. That’s what he wanted, so that’s what we did, LOL. I must say I could not ask for a better Dad for my two kiddoes than my hubby—he has a great relationship with them and I’m always so grateful for his partnership in raising the kids! He’s the BEST!!

Saturday night me, Alexa, my mom-in-law and Alexa’s friend went to see Sugarland in concert---whooooowheeee were they good! We traveled 4 hours to Pennsylvania to see them and it was soooooooooooooooo WORTH it---boy can Jennifer Nettles sinnnnng (I sooo love her)! We had front seats behind the crazy pit and they were excellent—they put on a great show (see pics below) We had a blast and it was hilarious trying to get down the mountain with the 1000’s of people, LOL---my mom-in-law was stressed OUT when I told her to “just sit back, that I was channeling my inner NYC cabbie driver self” hee hee! But sometimes I just gotta break it out and use it at times when its needed & if you’ve ever tried getting out of a concert like this where people are drunk, tailgating & partying (whoohooo, lol) you know how it is! We had a few drunks lean into the truck with us (nice ones of course) and I just laughed---the rest of the crew were a wee bit skeeered, hee hee! You just gotta roll with the flow

But it was a great weekend and now I’ve got lots to get done this week as we leave for Hilton Head, SC on Friday for our annual 2 week beach vacation. My posting will be sporadic during those couple of weeks but check in cuz’ I’ll be sharing some projects, stories of course and pictures while I’m away. If you are down that way and you SEE ME---come say Hello cuz I’d love to meet you! If you see a crazy woman, laughing loudly and fooling around---THEN you know it’s MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I make it my mission to have a good time every day and the beach is a healing place for me and my family---we enjoy every day there.

Sugarland Photos:

My fave Sugarland song/video:

NewsBitz:

-New Release coming from Victoria Case for SCACD this Friday and you can see sneak peeks all week along with a chance at some super yummy Blog Candy at the store Blog HERE!

-Magnolia-licious has those awesome new No-More-Shims from the UK that you NEED—read about them HERE!

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Go Fly A Kite!!!

Today the Magnolia-licious DT has a super fun Blog Hop for you! Diana suggested we do a Black & White with POP Blog Hop to kick off summer for ya! I love using black and white on my cards and I threw in a HUGE POP of RED for ya, hee hee! You can find all the details on our blog hop and how to win BIG at the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog! We hope you’ll join in with us! If you want to start the hop from the beginning head over to Barb’s fantastic blog here!

I decided to dig into my paper scrap stash (which is gigantic) and use some up so this has a mix of PTI, Gina K and Kaisercraft papers. I used this super sweet “Tilda with Kite” from the Sweet Rainbow Collection---you can see the whole sweeter than sweet collection HERE at Magnolia-licious!I loved coloring in some non-traditional colors like this—I love going against what “should” be done (the rebel in me, hee hee). The scrolls were done with a Marianne Designs and the black cs got embossed with a CB embossing folder.

This cutie got colored up with Copics C9,C7,C5,C3,C1,C00/ R29,R24,R22,R20 /E11,E00 and then stardust Stickles on her shirt, hairbands and kite. I cut the image so the kite came out the side a bit—gives it some extra fun!

If you read closely here is some sugar blog candy for ya---I’m giving away 4 Magnolia stamps of your choice if you answer this question“If you created a kite, what would you have on it?”on this post by Friday (and come on let’s be creative & funny---if you tickle my funny bone you could win something extra)!!

Suzanne,I hope you have a fantastic trip! We are leaving for our beach vacation in the Hamptons next week, and I cannot be more excited. It too, is a relaxing time with my family on the beach, cant wait!!! HMMM if I were to create a kit, it would be a huge butterfly. I love butterflies and love the beautiful colors. I think they look so pretty flying though the sky in vibrant colors. With two little boys, I always end up flying Spiderman or Buzz kites, so something girlie would suit me just fine!!! LOL. Take care friend, and have a fun and relaxing time with your family!!!

OH wow this is kite flyin' high girl! Wonderful. love your flourishes and coloring is drop dead gorge! Wonderful creation! A kite design hey? I would put a sun, moon & stars and tell my kids to reach for them all as their journey thru life evolves! Thanks for the chance.

Wonderful card! Love the way you used all the straight edges with mostly rectangles layering the patterns and colors and then the swirls to just set them off. Tilda is so cute with her little red kite.

Suzanne, LOVE your gorgeous card! Love all the layers, the touch of red, and little Tilda flying her kite is so sweet! If I were making a kite, I'd plaster it with pics of my dh, as he's warned me NOT to post pics of him on my blog, FB, etc. LOL

Suzanne, this is another adorable card--love what you did with the kite! You think outside-the-box. I would love to have that kind of mind! :^)

If I could put anything on a kite, it would be my hubby. I love him so much; but sometimes, when he annoys me, it would be fun to just send him up in the air for awhile. You know, to cool his jets. ;^)

Darling card as usual. I love red as a "pop" color and the way you've blended your different textures and patterns. As far as designing a kite I would like it to have a large bar of slippery soap so it could slip out of the trees that it always gets caught in! Those kite flying adventures were always short lived.

I love your card and have to agree with Kate...I like how the kite is off the page. If I were to have something on a kite....It would have to be Johnny Depp, well a picture of him at least because he makes my heart and ? sore! He is so flippin' hot!

Hi Suzanne! Adorable card! I love Tilda flying her kite! Red,Black and White always look sharp together! I love how you have Tilda's Kite! Hmmm. What would I put on a kite?My first thought is that I would put Tilda flying her kite on my kite! I would have to stamp the image and then blow it up? It would be a challenge, but I think it would come out cute! Then I would tie lots of lots of pretty colored ribbons all around and on the tail! Will it fly? That, I can't promise!! LOL! :-)Have a great day!Hugs,Sheryl

Stunning card! Glad your trip went well. I would create a kite in the shape of labels die and decoate it with polka dots using all my different inks. The polka dots would be made with different craft items dipped in the inks.

GORGEOUS card, Suzanne! I really love your POP of red...never too much for me! So glad you had fun at the concert!Hmmmm...if I were to design a kite, it would be in the shape of the sun and of course it would have to be neon yellow ~ That way, the sun would always be shining from above.Thanks so much for a chance to win!Barb

Super beautiful card Suzanne! The red really 'pops' too :-) Glad you had fun at the Sugarland concert. They're coming to MI on July 9th and we've got some awesome seats as well. I CAN'T WAIT! Jennifer is my current fave.

What a darling card!! Makes the "go fly a kite" phrase way too inviting!!! Tilda is colored so sweetly and the papers are perfect, love this!!!

I too love Sugarland, they are so fantastic. And Jennifer can really sing the daylights out of a song like no one else!!! You were so lucky to see them in person. Maybe they'll make it out here this go round.....

Oh if I could create any kind of kite I wanted & if it was gigantic & could hold A TON OF WEIGHT...........heeheehee......then I would staple by hubby to it (or use my handy dandy nailgun).....cuz he's driving me bonkers today. LOL Of course I would be ever so gentle cuz you know I'm not the violent type (hehehe).

Now onto your FABulously cuuuuuute card, Suz! Love, love, love it!!! I've always been a huge fan of black & white combos with a splash of this or that. And that red sure makes it pop off the page. Love it!

Happy Huggies ~ and glad you enjoyed the Sugarland concert. I'm a huge country fan. Love me some Rascal boys & some Blake & some Tim & some & some........yummers! You get the idea. I better stop before I get nailed to a kite. LOL

Hi Suzanne!!Love your card, it's just adorable!! I love all your cards. I really like how you have the kite going out of the box, very nice. If I were to design a kite, I woud start with designer papers in various colors and patterns and add lots of ribbon and bling. It's all about the embellishments!! Hugs, Kim

love your kite and i really enjoy flying kits ever since i saw mary poppins and heard the song lets go fly a kite. If i could create my own kite i would probaby have tweety and sylvester on it cause that me all the way. thanks for the chance to win.

fab card Suzanne. Hope you have a fantastic holiday, look forward to seeing pics. We spend Father's day by the pool in Lanzarote and then flying home that night. My kite would have to have my family on it- that way when they all get a wee bit toooo mcuh for me I can send them up into the clouds for a wile and get some peace and quiet. Gotta love them but we all need a little me time some days lolx

If I could design a kite with wahtever I could put on it, I would put a picture of my cardiologist and endocronologist who just saved my life. I had been told my chest pain was left over from MRSA antibiotics by my infestous disease doctor. My diabetes doctor didn't believe it and called my cardiologist. I had a 99% blockage despite having a normal EKG and bloodwork! So my Kite would send a message of keep pushing and looking for answers. Don't assume your doctors know everything!

Hi Suzanne - If I created a kite it would be filled with beautiful butterflies and birds and they would fly me to your house just before you leave on one of your very exciting trips - we would then have an absolutely fantastic time laughing, joking, clowning, kareoking (sp?) and making people laugh and sooooo happy to have us around!!! WOW sounds like a great time, huh!!! BTW, love your card. Hugs, Sharon :o)

Love your adorable Tilda with her kite! Red and black is one of my fav combos so this card gets extra points for that! Hee-hee! If I were making a kite it would be blue and would have lots of colorful kites on it so it would lok like lots of kites flying in the sky!

Suzanne - your coloring continues to amaze me! As for my kite - I would color my kite with folds/creases because that's what I find the hardest to do. The kite would have to have a harness and one of those sandbags things like on a hot air balloon because this Georgia girl is petrified of heights and my feet can't leave the ground!!

ok, if I had a kite I would attach a worm to it. Why you ask? A poor little worm never gets out of the ground and if it does it never gets off of the ground. Never do I see a worm up high and by high I mean a foot off of the ground. So it is time the little worm got to see what was up high for a change. Then he could go back to worm town and tell all of the other worms what it is like up high. Ok, yeah, I must be one sick person but if you think about it, ya gotta feel sorry for the lowly little worm

Beautiful card, coloring is fabulous. Now on to the question “If you created a kite, what would you have on it?” I would have butterflies all over it in multi colors and of course it would have to have glitter on themLouise

Your Card is beautiful love how you've colored itIf I had a kite it would have to be a dragon kite with the little bows on the tail just so it has those flaps in the wind and of course if someone got to close to it with my luck it would wrap around their kite and come crashing to the ground lolthanks for the chance hugs Nikki

Have a great vacation! Didn't you have a secret hairstyle change last year during your vacation?

If I were making a kite, I would cover it with beautiful Webster's Pages paper and put lots of bling on it. Stickles, rhinestones, Glimmer Mist, glitter, etc., the more the better. Then I would add some crinkly seam binding for the tail and use some Glubers to attach some Prima flowers. That way it would have all of my favorite things and would shine brightly up in the sky.

Hi there my friend!! Love this card! Especially the kite peaking over the edge. Love your techniques, as always.If I were designing a kite, I think I would make it like a rainbow, with my daughter at the end of the rainbow, as she is such a treasure. And makes my heart sing....makes me crazy too, but that's what daughter's do!Thank you so much for the chance to win! Was thinking of you the other day as I ordered more markers! Now for more practice...LOL.Love ya-Sue Brailey

Love that story. It always takes me so long to read everything do not want to miss anything. As always your card is stunning. Lets see a kite make it a bird flying. I love bird. Have a fun vacation.Hugs